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W. E. ORGAN.

LUGGING SLED.

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VILLIAM E. ORGAN, OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

LOGGINGNSLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r713,915, dated November 18, 1902.

Application led February 10, 1902. Serial No. 93,288.

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ORGAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Stillwater, in the county of Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Logging-Sleds, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to improvements in logging-sleds, and relates more particularly to improved mechanism for starting a loaded sled.

My improvement is further adapted for use on other forms of sleds or conveyers.

It has been found in practice that, particularly with logging-sleds, the runners freeze in the iced runways when the sleds are loaded or stopped and that it is dificult and sometimes strains the horses to start the load. The object of my invention is to overcome these objections.

To this end my invention consists, primarily, of a sled or conveyer having a movable frame for supporting the load journaled upon the runners, so as to permit a limited and independent movement ofthe parts. Ihave found in practice that by applying this principle the loaded sled is more easily started.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention shown applied to an ordinary logging-sled. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, on a larger scale, of one of the sliding journals. Fig. 3 is a plan View of Fig. 2, the shoe being removed. Fig. 4. is an end View of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the socket-plate for the crossbeam. Fig. 6 is a view looking at the bottom of the socket-plate, as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the ratchet mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. S is an end view of Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of the locking-bolt shown in superior position.

In the drawings, let A represent my improved logging-sled, B and C the fore and hind bobs, andD the beam for the horses. The cross-beams E and F, respectively, on the fore and hind bobs are socketed in the sliding member G of each sliding journal H. Each shoe I is of ordinary construction and the journal-boxes 14 and 15 at 18.

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provided with one of the journals Hand runners 2. A

The journals are constructed so as to permit a limited sliding movement between the cross-beam E or F and the bob-sleds. Each journal consists of a bed-plate or journalseat 3, which is iianged at 4 and 5 and fastened to the shoe I by the bolts 6, which pass horizontally through the anges and vertically throngh the bed-plate and shoe. (See Fig. 1.) The sliding member G consists of the base 7, which is freely disposed on the bed-plate and provided with the antifrictionballs 8, working in the grooves 9 between the bed and base. (See Fig. 6.) The base 7 is provided with the channels 4.2, (see Fig. 4,) which engage the shoulders 43 on the bedplate, so as to permit the parts to slide. The fin-plates 10 and 11 are formed on the base, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and extend, as shown in the drawings, from each end of the base-plate 7. The iins are provided with the supporting-bars 12 and 13, which continue horizontally from the outer ends of the fins through The iinplates slide in the journal-boxes and on the journal-seat, which holds the sliding member G on the bed-plate and limit its movement forward and backward. The journal-box 14, as shown, is cast on the upper face of the bedplate, and the journal-box 15 is detachable from the plate 3 by the screws-16, so that the sliding member and journal-seat may be assembled. The ins slide in the opening 17 of the journal-boxes, and the bars 12 and 13 slide in the openings at 18 at the outer ends of the journal-boxes. The purpose of the bars is to increase the rigidity of the fins in the j ournal-boxes. The sliding member may be locked in forward position, as shown in Fig. 2, by the bolt 19, which engages the notch 2O in the fin 11, or in back position by the same bolt,which is adapted toimpinge against the end of the fin-plate when the socket-plate is moved back. This bolt is prevented from being entirely removed from the journal-box 15 by the stud 2l on its side, which is adapted to engage the cap 22. The fin-plates are provided with rounded vertical shoulders 23, between which the collar J is received at the ber of each bob for supporting the 1oad,a. sys` name to this specification in the presence of tem of draw-chains attached to said bobs, and two subscribing Witnesses. a lever by which the chains are shortened so as to set the bobs in operative position; Where- WILLIAM E' ORGAN' 5 by travel is permitted between eaeh bob and Witnesses:

the load when the forward bob is drawn ahead. ELERY M. PHELPS, In testimony whereof I have signed my F. G. BRADBURY. 

